Insurance Companies Set An Unreasonable Bar For Mental Health Coverage

A complex man dealing with complex issues had been reduced to a binary variable by his insurer: suicidal, or not ... choked off delivery of care to a mere trickle. Our mental health insurance system needs serious reform. We’ve waited long enough for ... read more

The ACA is here to stay, but that doesn’t mean the fight for health care reform is over

The fight for health care reform ... not do enough. The law introduces some delivery and payment reforms, but did little to directly tackle rising health care costs. Instead, the major focus was on expanding insurance coverage. Future health reform efforts ... read more

With healthcare reform, Congress can't forget what works

The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill No one would disagree that we are at a pivotal moment as we consider ways of improving health care delivery in ... and individualized care. System reform cannot hinder the ... read more

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President's Remarks on Health Care Reform

Any legislation sent to my desk that does not achieve these goals does not earn the title of reform. But my signature on a bill is not enough. I need your help, doctors. To most Americans, you are the health care system ... coverage they can afford. We ... read more

Dental gap: Coverage slips through reform's cracks

Lost in that discussion, however, is the question of how much the law has done to advance dental care. Not enough, advocates ... in terms of shifting the oral healthcare delivery system towards integration, which is where we want to go,” Reusch said. read more

Fixing Health-Insurance Markets

Pauly: Well, the good thing was that most people care about their fellow human beings not only having health insurance, but also not receiving too large a reduction in the rest of their disposable income to pay for it. That means we’d like to help out ... read more

Sania Nishtar: Non-communicable diseases must be part of Universal Health Coverage

The move towards universal health coverage (UHC ... and inaction on the other. We must act decisively to bridge that. The future will hold us accountable for our actions. Words are not enough. Sania Nishtar is the co-chair of the WHO Independent High ... read more

In the Tanks: Debating Health Care Reform

Uncertainty will be great, and competition will be enhanced if there is a benchmark premium bid that is set to break even, not to make a large profit. Andres Martinez (New America): Health care reform ... some system savings, etc.) we can raise enough ... read more

MCDONNELL: Fix health care once by fixing it right

We should not be pushing these uninsured Americans into a crippled paradigm that does nothing to reform the health delivery and ... time frames. We need real market-based health care reforms that will actually make this system work both now and in the ... read more